From the number one best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX’s spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at its center.When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world’s youngest billionaire and crypto’s Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side?In Going Infinite Lewis sets out to answer this question, taking listeners into the mind of Bankman-Fried, whose rise and fall offers an education in high-frequency trading, cryptocurrencies, philanthropy, bankruptcy, and the justice system. Both psychological portrait and financial roller-coaster ride, Going Infinite is Michael Lewis at the top of his game, tracing the mind-bending trajectory of a character who never liked the rules and was allowed to live by his own—until it all came undone.PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio. Read more

#1 New York Times Bestseller ― With a new Afterword"Guaranteed to make blood boil." ―Janet Maslin, New York TimesIn Michael Lewis's game-changing bestseller, a small group of Wall Street iconoclasts realize that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders. They band together―some of them walking away from seven-figure salaries―to investigate, expose, and reform the insidious new ways that Wall Street generates profits. If you have any contact with the market, even a retirement account, this story is happening to you. Read more

The best financial advisors are well equipped to succeed regardless of market conditions. Based on interviews with 15 top advisors, each doing several million dollars worth of business every year, The Million-Dollar Financial Advisor distills their universal success principles into 13 distinct lessons. Each is explained step-by-step for immediate application by veteran and new financial professionals alike. The book also features two complete case studies. First there is the "best of the best" advisor whose incredible success showcases the power of all the book's principles working together in concert. The second is an account of a remarkable and inspiring career turnaround and demonstrates that it's never too late to reinvent oneself. Brimming with practical advice from the author and expert insights from his interview subjects, The Million-Dollar Financial Advisor is a priceless success tool for any and all financial advisors. Read more

The authoritative exposé of private equity: what it is, how it kills businesses and jobs, how the government helps, and how we stop itPrivate equity surrounds us. Firms like Blackstone, Carlyle, and KKR are among the largest employers in America and hold assets that rival those of small countries. Yet few understand what these firms are or how they work.In Plunder, Brendan Ballou explains how private equity has reshaped American business by raising prices, reducing quality, cutting jobs, and shifting resources from productive to unproductive parts of the economy. Ballou vividly illustrates how many private equity firms buy up retailers, medical practices, prison services, nursing-home chains, and mobile-home parks, among other businesses, using little of their own money to do it and avoiding debt and liability for their actions. Forced to take on huge debts and pay extractive fees, companies purchased by private equity firms are often left bankrupt, or shells of their former selves, with consequences to communities that long depended on them.Perhaps most startling is Ballou’s insight into how this is happening with the active support of various arms of the government. But, as Ballou reveals in an agenda for reigning in the industry, private equity can be stopped from wreaking further havoc. Read more

Unlock the secrets of technical analysis and elevate your trading game in today's dynamic financial world. This book is essential for anyone committed to tracking and analyzing market behavior precisely and confidently.Discover the keys that will help you reach your goal of becoming a highly flexible and profitable trader. "Technical Trading Mastery - 7 Steps to Win with Logic, Second Edition" is a comprehensive guide for anyone seeking to excel in volatile and stable markets. Expertly blending timeless analysis methods are shared, and essential stock market information makes this book the foundational building block to achieve consistent profits through logical trading indicators, techniques, and psychological tactics.Drawing on over two decades of experience, author Chris Vermeulen presents his signature INNER-Market Analysis, which encompasses two strategies: momentum and swing trading. Readers will be able to copy and start using these foundational strategies the very next day. This exciting resource delves into essential topics, such as market structure, trend detection, volatility, volume, knowing when to trade, position management, and your emotions.In this updated edition, you will learn from recent examples and figures and gain an understanding of technical analysis that will excite and set you on the right path toward financial freedom.Chris Vermeulen, the founder of Technical Traders Ltd., is a renowned expert in investing for a wealthier retirement. Vermeulen also shares his industry-breaking investment style in his other book, "Asset Revesting - How To Exclusively Hold Assets Rising In Value, Profit During Bear Markets, And Continue Building Wealth In Retirement." Read more

If are looking to improve your credit and take your finances to the next level, this audiobook will show you exactly how to do just that.Understand the journey to credit score so that you don't have to make mistakes that you'll regret in the future. No matter what stage you are in your life, you can always get it right with the right information.Listening to this audiobook will help you get it right.This audiobook is for anyone who want to understand all aspects of the credit score, from the differences between the various scoring models, to how they're calculated. Save hundreds, if not thousands of dollars on the cost of credit by implementing these practical solutions to managing your personal finances today!Imagine what life would be like if you had terrific credit and lenders were lining up to offer you credit at low rates.If you're just starting or have been in the game for a long time, this is a guide that sets you on the right path to better approach this field and eventually live the American dream you've always desired.By the time you finish, you will know more about how the credit system works than 98 percent of the U.S population.You will be in control of your own credit score and master how things work in the business world.Get your copy today! Read more

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With a new afterword on Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial and its aftermath One of the New Yorker’s Best Books of 2023 • One of PureWow’s 42 Books to Gift in 2023 This Year • One of Fortune’s Best Crypto Books of 2023 “Going Infinite is in many ways Lewis at his best. He marshals a complex global story without losing sight of the delightful and revealing human details. He is a world-class noticer.” ―Jesse Armstrong, writer and creator of HBO’s Succession, Times Literary Supplement “A stupefyingly pleasurable book to read.” ―Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker “Going Infinite is an instant classic.” ―Helen Lewis, The Atlantic “Going Infinite is wildly entertaining, surprising multiple times on pretty much every page, but it adds up to a sad story, even a tragedy, for its central character and for all the people who lost so much thanks to his actions.” ―John Lanchester, London Review of Books “Will join Digital Gold as one of the all-time best crypto books.”―Jeff John Roberts, Fortune “A wry, engaging writer and a gifted storyteller.” ―Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times “It may be easy to take for granted how entertainingly [Michael Lewis] pulls it off again in Going Infinite.” ―Brett Martin, GQ From the best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX’s spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at its center. When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world’s youngest billionaire and crypto’s Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side?In Going Infinite Lewis sets out to answer this question, taking readers into the mind of Bankman-Fried, whose rise and fall offers an education in high-frequency trading, cryptocurrencies, philanthropy, bankruptcy, and the justice system. Both psychological portrait and financial roller-coaster ride, Going Infinite is Michael Lewis at the top of his game, tracing the mind-bending trajectory of a character who never liked the rules and was allowed to live by his own―until it all came undone. Read more

The world has changed forever.Governments have expanded their reach over their citizens’ lives.Power is being consolidated by an elite few.The world economy has become more volatile and unpredictable.Meanwhile, the internet, a globalizing world economy, and the emergence of the developing world all present opportunities to any businessman or investor willing to make simple changes to their life. Geography is no longer a limitation for those willing to follow Andrew Henderson’s ‘Five Magic Words’ and “Go where you’re treated best.”As the world’s most sought-after expert on offshore tax planning, second passports, and global citizenship - cited by the BBC, Bloomberg, Forbes, CNN, Fox Business, and more - Mr. Henderson has condensed over a decade of investigative world travel into an unprecedented book to show entrepreneurs and investors another way to live that will enable them to keep more of their own money, live where they want, become citizens of the world, and improve their lives and the planet.Direct. Honest. Experienced. Unapologetic. Practical. Transparent. Even funny. The Nomad Capitalist will show you how to take Mr. Henderson’s “EKG” formula to:ENHANCE your personal lifestyleKEEP more of your money, andGROW your money by living, investing, banking, and doing business overseas.From foreign companies to offshore accounts and from overseas investments to dual citizenship, Andrew will introduce you to a life of international proportions, storing gold in super-secret vaults, finding love in exotic locations, and improving everything from your health to your tax bill by simply “going where you’re treated best.”And the second edition of Nomad Capitalist will give you more than ever before. You will get:More how-to information, strategies, and countries to implement into your offshore plan,TWO completely NEW CHAPTERS on renouncing US citizenship and cryptocurrencyUpdates throughout the entire bookFOUR completely revamped chapters on second passports, relationships, tax savings, and more.How-To Action Plans at the end of every chapter, andA brand new ending that will help you start your own personalized offshore journey.Will this book answer your unique questions about how your business can transfer price IP from Montenegro to Canada using staffing companies and GILTI? No. No book written for the general public can give you a complete and fully personalized strategy for going offshore. Nor should it. This book is not a substitute for the professional help you need to do everything the 100% legal way that Mr. Henderson promotes.What it will give you is a vision of what's possible, including second passport opportunities, offshore banking countries to use (and avoid), specific jurisdictions to consider for business and investment, and the basic framework you will need to legally lower your taxes and build the life of your dreams overseas.You will also get a look at the life of the Nomad Capitalist himself and the kind of boots-on-the-ground anecdotes and personal experiences that helped him gain the knowledge he has used to help hundreds of people go where they’re treated best.If you want to thrive in today’s world, start here. Those who want complete freedom from the world’s broken systems must become Nomad Capitalists themselves, learning to navigate the world system to reclaim their freedom and rediscover the possibilities of capitalism’s greatest promises.Get the book to see how. Read more

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of the New Yorker's Best Books of 2023 • One of Pure Wow's 42 Book to Gift This Year • One of Fortune's Best Crypto Books of 2023"Going Infinite is in many ways Lewis at his best. He marshals a complex global story without losing sight of the delightful and revealing human details. He is a world-class noticer."—Jesse Armstrong, writer and creator of HBO’s Succession, Times Literary Supplement"A stupefyingly pleasurable book to read." —Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker"Going Infinite is an instant classic." — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic"Going Infinite is wildly entertaining, surprising multiple times on pretty much every page, but it adds up to a sad story, even a tragedy, for its central character and for all the people who lost so much thanks to his actions." —John Lanchester, London Review of Books"Will join Digital Gold as one of the all-time best crypto books."—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune"A wry, engaging writer and a gifted storyteller." —Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times"It may be easy to take for granted how entertainingly [Michael Lewis] pulls it off again in Going Infinite." —Brett Martin, GQFrom the best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX’s spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at its center.When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world’s youngest billionaire and crypto’s Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side?In Going Infinite Lewis sets out to answer this question, taking readers into the mind of Bankman-Fried, whose rise and fall offers an education in high-frequency trading, cryptocurrencies, philanthropy, bankruptcy, and the justice system. Both psychological portrait and financial roller-coaster ride, Going Infinite is Michael Lewis at the top of his game, tracing the mind-bending trajectory of a character who never liked the rules and was allowed to live by his own—until it all came undone. Read more

This CMA Part 1 study guide dives deep into the core concepts of financial planning, performance, and analytics, ensuring a thorough understanding of each topic.Key Features:Comprehensive Coverage: Each chapter meticulously covers the key areas of the CMA Part 1 exam, including financial planning, external financial reporting decisions, financial statement analysis, budgeting, performance management, cost management, internal controls, and more.Detailed Explanations: Concepts are explained in a straightforward manner, making complex topics accessible and easy to understand. Each chapter builds on the previous one, ensuring a cohesive learning experience.Strategic Insights: Beyond technical knowledge, this guide emphasizes strategic analysis and decision-making skills, equipping you to make informed financial decisions that align with organizational goals.Engaging Format: Written in a clear, concise, and engaging style, this guide keeps you motivated and focused throughout your study journey.Chapter Highlights:Introduction to Financial Planning and Analysis: Understand the fundamental concepts and frameworks that underpin financial planning and performance analytics.External Financial Reporting Decisions: Dive into the intricacies of financial statements and reporting standards, and learn how to make informed external reporting decisions.Operational Budgeting and Capital Budgeting: Explore detailed methods for creating operational budgets and evaluating long-term investment projects.Cost Measurement, Standard Costing, and Variance Analysis: Master various costing methods, set standards, and analyze variances to manage costs effectively.Internal Controls and Risk Management: Learn how to design and evaluate internal controls to safeguard assets and ensure compliance.Whether you are a seasoned professional or new to management accounting, this study guide is your essential companion for exam success. Invest in your future today and take the next step towards becoming a Certified Management Accountant. Read more

This outstanding reference has already taught thousands of traders the concepts of technical analysis and their application in the futures and stock markets. Covering the latest developments in computer technology, technical tools, and indicators, the second edition features new material on candlestick charting, intermarket relationships, stocks and stock rotations, plus state-of-the-art examples and figures. From how to read charts to understanding indicators and the crucial role technical analysis plays in investing, readers gain a thorough and accessible overview of the field of technical analysis, with a special emphasis on futures markets. Revised and expanded for the demands of today's financial world, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in tracking and analyzing market behavior. Read more

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There are gaps to be filled in the wealth management industry . . . and you can make the difference.Talking about money is taboo in many families, for many reasons. This lack of transparency spells opportunity for the wealth manager who can offer sane, sound, and practical advice for handling money successfully. However, many wealth management firms aren't representative of the people they serve. Most focus too narrowly on the ultrawealthy, and the business as a whole isn't as diverse as the United States--and it should be. There's a world of opportunity in the financial advisory business, particularly for young women and people of color. Up until now, the advisory business has been poorly understood, which has led to undesired barriers to entry.For the right person--someone who is entrepreneurial, loves people, and wants to build a business from the ground up--wealth management is one of the most exciting professions to be in. You're your own boss, and there's no ceiling on your income. Raj Sharma knows this better than anyone. One of the most well-respected advisors in the U.S., Raj has cultivated his business over the past thirty years. An insightful culmination of his decades of experience, The Purposeful Wealth Advisor shows you how to get started in the business of wealth management, thrive as you build your client base, own your financial security, and inspire your future. Read more

Four years after his #1 bestseller The Big Short, Michael Lewis returns to Wall Street to report on a high-tech predator stalking the equity markets.Flash Boys is about a small group of Wall Street guys who figure out that the U.S. stock market has been rigged for the benefit of insiders and that, post–financial crisis, the markets have become not more free but less, and more controlled by the big Wall Street banks. Working at different firms, they come to this realization separately; but after they discover one another, the flash boys band together and set out to reform the financial markets. This they do by creating an exchange in which high-frequency trading―source of the most intractable problems―will have no advantage whatsoever.The characters in Flash Boys are fabulous, each completely different from what you think of when you think “Wall Street guy.” Several have walked away from jobs in the financial sector that paid them millions of dollars a year. From their new vantage point they investigate the big banks, the world’s stock exchanges, and high-frequency trading firms as they have never been investigated, and expose the many strange new ways that Wall Street generates profits.The light that Lewis shines into the darkest corners of the financial world may not be good for your blood pressure, because if you have any contact with the market, even a retirement account, this story is happening to you. But in the end, Flash Boys is an uplifting read. Here are people who have somehow preserved a moral sense in an environment where you don’t get paid for that; they have perceived an institutionalized injustice and are willing to go to war to fix it. Read more

A timely work of singular reportage and a damning indictment of the private equity industry told through the stories of four American workers whose lives and communities were upended by the ruinous effects of private equity takeovers.Private equity runs our country, yet few Americans have any idea how ingrained it is in their lives. Private equity controls our hospitals, daycare centers, supermarket chains, voting machine manufacturers, local newspapers, nursing home operators, fertility clinics, and prisons. The industry even manages highways, municipal water systems, fire departments, emergency medical services, and owns a growing swath of commercial and residential real estate.Private equity executives, meanwhile, are not only among the wealthiest people in American society, but have grown to become modern-day barons with outsized influence on our politics and legislation. CEOs of firms like Blackstone, Carlyle, KKR, and Apollo are rewarded with seats in the Senate and on the boards of the country’s most august institutions; meanwhile, entire communities are hollowed out as a result of their buyouts. Workers lose their jobs. Communities lose their institutions. Only private equity wins.Acclaimed journalist Megan Greenwell’s Bad Company unearths the hidden story of private equity by examining the lives of four American workers that were devastated as private equity upended their employers and communities: a Toys R Us floor supervisor, a rural doctor, a local newspaper journalist, and an affordable housing organizer. Taken together, their individual experiences also pull back the curtain on a much larger project: how private equity reshaped the American economy to serve its own interests, creating a new class of billionaires while stripping ordinary people of their livelihoods, their health care, their homes, and their sense of security.In the tradition of deeply human reportage like Matthew Desmond’s Evicted, Megan Greenwell pulls back the curtain on shadowy multibillion dollar private equity firms, telling a larger story about how private equity is reshaping the economy, disrupting communities, and hollowing out the very idea of the American dream itself. Timely and masterfully told, Bad Company is a forceful rebuke of America’s most consequential, yet least understood economic forces. Read more

Brandon spent many years struggling with poor credit, but he cleaned it up with The Section 609 Credit Repair Secret. You don't need to spend any money on attorneys and credit repair companies. The secret is revealed here and it works every time. This book will teach you the incredibly easy process the professionals are using and charging thousands of dollars for. A simple step-by-step guide to remove all derogatory items on your credit reports, even if they do belong to you! Are charge-offs, repos, bankruptcies, judgments, short-sales, loan modifications, late payments, and collection accounts preventing you from receiving the life you deserve? This book will make your creditors fear you and not the other way around. This book includes DISPUTE LETTER TEMPLATES to dispute your adverse accounts. 100% Legal & Proven Method. Improve credit from very poor to EXCELLENT. FICO Scores from below 500's to above 700's. What to do, when to do it, and how to do it. Step by step instructions how to fill out your dispute letters. How to mail the letters to the CRA's How to respond with a 4 step letter writing system to CRA's. Very easy to do. This will help you fix your credit and get you the life you deserve. This is the stuff creditors don't want you to know! THIS WILL SAVE YOU MONEY AND BRING YOU FINANCIAL FREEDOM. If you're tired of dreaming of a better life and want one now, it's time to use The Section 609 Credit Repair Secret. Read more

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The Authoritative M&A Guide for Financial AdvisorsBuying, Selling, & Valuing Financial Practices shows you how to complete a sale or acquisition of a financial advisory practice and have both the buyer and seller walk away with the best possible terms. From the first pages of this unique book, buyers and sellers and merger partners will find detailed information that separately addresses each of their needs, issues and concerns.From bestselling author and industry influencer David Grau Sr. JD, this masterful guide takes you from the important basics of valuation to the finer points of deal structuring, due diligence, and legal matters, with a depth of coverage and strategic guidance that puts you in another league when you enter the M&A space. Complete with valuable tools, worksheets, and checklists on a companion website, no other resource enables you to:Master the concepts of value and valuation and take this issue “off the table” early in the negotiation processUtilize advanced deal structuring techniques including seller and bank financing strategiesUnderstand how to acquire a book, practice or business based on how it was built, and what it is capable of delivering in the years to comeNavigate the complexities of this highly-regulated profession to achieve consistently great results whether buying, selling, or mergingBuying, Selling, & Valuing Financial Practices will ensure that you manage your M&A transaction properly and professionally, aided with the most powerful set of tools available anywhere in the industry, all designed to create a transaction where everyone wins―buyer, seller, and clients. Read more

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When it Comes to Wealth, Are You Playing Small or Leveraging the Power Plays? We all wish we could attain financial freedom, but the cards are already stacked against you if you don’t understand how the wealthy invest. Most financial and tax advisors aren’t equipped to help their clients develop a wealthy mindset.The truth is the wealthy invest across multiple Super Asset Classes and layer these investments together to minimize taxes, create cash flow, and build their assets. But these strategies don’t have to remain a mystery. Anyone can use one or all of these strategies to grow their own wealth.In Power Plays of the Wealthy, Marc Henn, a Certified Financial Planner Professional, explains how to leverage investment strategies to make the most of your financial situation. Get ready to discover how to: Invest across all five Super Asset Classes so you can retire earlyLearn to be a Producer first to supercharge your cash flowMinimize your taxes and transform your financial legacyThis book isn't about theory. It's about action. Start with one strategy, master it, and then expand your financial toolkit. Change the trajectory of your financial life.Tap into The Power Plays of the Wealthy to start building your financial future today! Read more